Line #63 Creator/JenniferLawrence


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17	->''"I'm not trying to be a GIF. I'm not trying to be a picked-up-on-Twitter quote. All I'm trying to do is act."''
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19	Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American actress.
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21	Her first big role was in the sitcom ''Series/TheBillEngvallShow'' on Creator/{{TBS}} which ran from 2007 to 2009, where she played the eldest daughter, Lauren. In 2009, she got the lead role in the drama ''Film/WintersBone'' and received an MediaNotes/AcademyAward nomination for [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActressInALeadingRole Best Actress]], later winning for ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook''.
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23	She achieved worldwide fame after being cast as Katniss Everdeen, the heroine in the film adaptation of ''Film/TheHungerGames'' book series. In 2013, she appeared in ''Film/AmericanHustle'' and received her third Oscar nomination as well as winning her second Golden Globe (having previously won for ''Silver Linings Playbook'') and first BAFTA.
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25	Lawrence is the second-youngest winner and third-youngest nominee of the Best Actress Oscar[[note]]She was first nominated at the age of 20, ranking after Creator/KeishaCastleHughes for ''Film/WhaleRider'' (nominated at 13) and Quvenzhané Wallis for ''Film/BeastsOfTheSouthernWild'' (nominated at 9). She later won at the age of 22, ranking after Creator/MarleeMatlin for ''Film/ChildrenOfALesserGod'' (won at 21)[[/note]], as well as the youngest female actor to have four Oscar nominations (three for Best Actress and one for Best Supporting Actress).
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27	Although she's worked extensively with director Creator/FrancisLawrence, she is not related to him.
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29	!!Roles:
30	* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' (2006) as Cougars Mascot
31	* ''Series/ColdCase'' (2007) as Abby Bradford
32	* ''Series/{{Medium}}'' (2007) as Claire Chase, young Allison Dubois
33	* ''Series/TheBillEngvallShow'' (2007–2009) as Lauren Pearson
34	* ''Film/ThePokerHouse'' (2008) as Agnes Baily
35	* ''Film/WintersBone'' (2010) as Ree Dolly (her breakout performance which was nominated for an MediaNotes/AcademyAward)
36	* ''Film/TheBeaver'' (2011) as Norah
37	* ''Film/LikeCrazy'' (2011) as Sam
38	* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' as Raven Darkhölme/Mystique:
39	** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' (2011)
40	** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' (2014)
41	** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' (2016)
42	** ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' (2019)
43	* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' series as Katniss Everdeen:
44	** ''Film/TheHungerGames'' (2012)
45	** ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' (2013)
46	** ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1'' (2014)
47	** ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart2'' (2015)
48	* ''Film/HouseAtTheEndOfTheStreet'' (2012)[[note]]filmed in 2010[[/note]] as Elissa
49	* ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook'' (2012) as Tiffany Maxwell (won an MediaNotes/AcademyAward)
50	* ''Film/AmericanHustle'' (2013) as Rosalyn Rosenfeld (nominated for Best Supporting Actress)
51	* ''Film/{{Serena}}'' (2014)[[note]]filmed in 2012, released in 2014[[/note]] as Serena Pemberton
52	* ''Film/{{Joy\|2015}}'' (2015) as Joy Mangano
53	* ''Film/{{Passengers\|2016}}'' (2016) as Aurora Lane
54	* ''[[Film/Mother2017 mother!]]'' (2017) as Mother
55	* ''Film/RedSparrow'' (2018) as Dominika Egorova
56	* ''Film/DontLookUp'' (2021) as Kate Dibiasky
57	* ''Film/{{Causeway}}'' (2022): Lynsey
58	* ''Film/NoHardFeelings'' (2023) as Maddie Barker
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60	!!Tropes referenced by her work:
61	* ActionGirl: Even outside of ''Film/TheHungerGames'', her characters are almost always this.
62	* AgeLift: In ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook'' and ''Film/AmericanHustle'', the characters were originally written to be in their late 30s but were either changed or ignored to reflect twenty-something Lawrence's casting.
63	* BreakupBreakout: She is the most famous alumnus from ''The Bill Engvall Show''.
64	* ContraltoOfStrength: Her deep, husky voice suits her well for playing an ActionGirl or a villain.
65	* CostumeBacklash: She grew to hate the makeup process for Mystique, especially after ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', where she spent the majority of the film nude and therefore had to have it applied to the whole body. By the time of ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', it was changed to a different process, and in ''Film/DarkPhoenix'', she's wearing a uniform for the majority of her screen time, allowing her to only have it done to the head and shoulders.
66	* CoverVersion: She sang "Something Stupid" with Creator/EdgarRamirez for ''Joy''.
67	* CreatorBacklash: She described the production of ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' as "all chaos, no fun" in an interview, and it's understandably theorized by fans that her experiences on set were the main reason she decided to leave the franchise (though she did come back for ''Film/DarkPhoenix'', albeit she was only in the first act before [[spoiler:being killed off]]). She also thought the [[spoiler: [[DeathOfAChild baby death]]]] in ''[[Film/Mother2017 mother!]]'' was [[{{Understatement}} "a bit much"]].
68	* DawsonCasting:
69	** She was around eighteen when she played fourteen year old Agnes in ''The Poker House'', which is understandable given the [[HarmfulToMinors subject]] [[RapeAsDrama matter]].
70	** A slight example in ''Winter's Bone''; she was nineteen years old when she played Ree, who is seventeen.
71	** She turned twenty during the filming of ''House at the End of the Street'', playing a seventeen year old Elissa. By the time the movie was released two years later, Lawrence was twenty-two.
72	** She was twenty-one years old when she first played Katniss Everdeen, who is sixteen in the first movie. By the time ''Mockingjay: Part 2'' came out, Katniss was eighteen while Lawrence was twenty-three during filming and twenty-five when the movie hit theatres. Interestingly, she also played Katniss at the age of thirty-three during the epilogue, which is the ''opposite'' of Dawson Casting given the character was now a decade ''older'' than Lawrence.
73	* DyeingForYourArt:
74	** She's naturally a blonde, a hair color she retains in most of her roles, though she dyed her hair brown for ''The Hunger Games'', then black for the sequels (as Katniss is said to have black hair in the books). She was so nervous about going brunette for the first movie she actually bought wigs to practice the look, rather than jump straight to dyeing.
75	** She learnt archery, parkour, and rock and tree climbing to prepare for her role as Katniss.
76	* FakeRussian: She plays a Russian ballerina-turned-spy in ''Red Sparrow''.
77	* HollywoodOld: In previous movies directed by Creator/DavidORussell it was a case of AgeLift but in ''Film/Joy2015'', Lawrence plays the character until she's ''20'' years older than her real age.
78	* IronyAsSheIsCast: In ''Film/RedSparrow'', she plays a brunette who later has to dye her hair blonde. She of course is a natural blonde who had to dye her hair darker for her most famous roles.
79	* MsFanservice: ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook'' had quite a bit of {{Fanservice}} from her, as do her roles as Mystique (where she wears a SpyCatsuit for most of the first one, and mostly bodypaint in the sequel). ''Film/{{Passengers\|2016}}'', ''Film/RedSparrow'', and ''Film/NoHardFeelings'' also have their moments, featuring nudity from her and showing off more of her body than usual (although in ''Red Sparrow'''s case, some of those moments count as FanDisservice).
80	* PlayingAgainstType: ''Film/NoHardFeelings'' is a comedy in contrast to her usual dramatic or action roles, although Maddie does get into a fight at one point, she is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist.
81	* PromotedToParent: In ''The Poker House'', ''Winter's Bone'', and ''The Hunger Games'', she plays an impoverished teen who has to look after her younger siblings because their parents are either dead or neglectful.
82	* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: She had a pixie haircut in the mid-2010s because dyeing her hair for ''Film/SiverLiningsPlaybook'' ruined it and she had to cut it short. She therefore is wearing wigs in all the remaining ''Hunger Games'' movies.
83	* ReferencedBy: Lawrence, or more specifically her character from ''Winter's Bone'', served as inspiration for the character of Jaylah in ''Film/StarTrekBeyond''; Jaylah was even named after Lawrence ("J-Law").
84	* RomanceOnTheSet:
85	** She dated Creator/NicholasHoult on and off after they met on the set of ''X-Men: First Class'' (where he played her sometimes love interest). They broke up for good around the time filming finished for ''X-Men: Days of Future Past''.
86	** She dated Darren Aronofsky from September of 2016 to November of 2017, and they even first met while Lawrence was acting in Aronofsky's ''[[Film/Mother2017 mother!]]''.
87	* StarMakingRole: Her role as Ree in ''Winter's Bone'' brought her a lot of positive attention and earned her an Academy Award nomination, though playing Mystique in ''X-Men: First Class'' and Katniss Everdeen in ''The Hunger Games'' film adaptation really made her a household name.
88	* StatuesqueStunner: She's 5'9"[[note]]1.75m[[/note]], and her characters are pretty much always found to be attractive.
89	* TimeShiftedActor: She plays the younger version of Creator/RebeccaRomijn's Mystique in the ''X-Men'' films.
90	* ThoseTwoActors: She has acted alongside Creator/BradleyCooper in several films, including ''Silver Linings Playbook'', ''American Hustle'', ''Joy'' and ''Serena''.
91	* UnderageCasting:
92	** In ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook'', she was 21 playing a woman who had been married for a few years and spent time in a mental hospital. The part was originally to be played by Anne Hathaway, who was 29 at the time.
93	** Roslyn's real life counterpart in ''Film/AmericanHustle'' was in her forties at the time of the ABSCAM Scandal. And even though it's a very loose adaptation, Roslyn is old enough to have an eight-year-old son. The actress was only 23 at the time.
94	** In ''{{Film/Joy 2015}}'', she was 25 playing Joy Mangano, who didn't start inventing until she was 30. She also continues to play her up until a DistantFinale.
95	** By ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', Mystique is twenty year older than she was in ''First Class'', but only six years separate the two films. This one at least can be hand waved with Raven taking on whatever form she likes.
96	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
97	** She auditioned for the role of Bella Swan in the ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' film adaptation; she later stated she "didn't really know what [''Twilight''] was" and didn't mind losing out to Creator/KristenStewart.
98	** She admitted that one role she was "devastated" not to get was Alice in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'', though she praised Creator/MiaWasikowska's performance and also added she would've found doing a British accent difficult.

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